atricauda, Aphoristia Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1880:23 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 3 (no. 106); ref. 2466] San Diego Bay, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique) (?): USNM 27396 (1 of 3, orig. 5). Jordan & Gilbert specimens: NMW 43597 (1). atricauda is a noun in apposition; ending not changed when in Symphurus. •Valid as Symphurus atricauda (Jordan & Gilbert 1880) -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:61 [ref. 39147] as atricaudus, Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:294 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:624 [ref. 26885], Munroe & Nizinski 1990:994 [ref. 19193], Munroe et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1044 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:115 [ref. 24545], De la Cruz-Agüero & Cota-Gómez 1998:357 [ref. 23520], Evseenko 1998:61 [ref. 23643], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:216 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:501 [ref. 24550], Evseenko & Shtaut 2000:801 [ref. 25089], Nelson et al. 2004:182 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:178 [ref. 37547] as atricaudus, Page et al. 2013:188 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:72 [ref. 34694] as atricaudus, Kells et al. 2016:338 [ref. 35888] as atricaudus, Burton & Lea 2019:97 [ref. 37205] as atricaudus, Love et al. 2021:222 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Symphurus atricauda (Jordan & Gilbert 1880). Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern British Columbia (Canada) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.